{"id":"CVE-2022-42948","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-42948","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T11:45:26.346Z","title":"Fortra Cobalt Strike User Interface Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","description":"Cobalt Strike 4.7.1 fails to properly escape HTML tags when they are displayed on Swing components. By injecting crafted HTML code, it is possible to remotely execute code in the Cobalt Strike UI.","published":"2023-03-24T14:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:05:39.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-116"],"affected":["helpsystems/cobalt strike"],"epss":{"score":0.02706,"percentile":0.85945,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2023-03-30","dueDate":"2023-04-20","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/out-of-band-update-cobalt-strike-4-7-2/;  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42948"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 20 April 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://thesecmaster.com/how-to-fix-cve-2022-42948-a-critical-rce-vulnerability-in-cobalt-strike/","tags":["Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/helpsystems-cobalt-strike-code-execution-cve-2022-42948/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://thesecmaster.com/how-to-fix-cve-2022-42948-a-critical-rce-vulnerability-in-cobalt-strike/","tags":["Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/helpsystems-cobalt-strike-code-execution-cve-2022-42948/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-42948","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42948","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}